Measuring What Counts - Agile Chronicles Publication

At Ivar Jacobson International (IJI) we have been involved in many agile adoptions ranging in size from single teams to entire IT development organizations. The single biggest problem we see is organizations not understanding why they are changing the way they work - they don’t visualize the goal, set any targets, measure the improvements, nor demonstrate the benefits generated.

This isn’t a problem where an empowered team is looking to improve their own way-of-working. However, it is often a showstopper when attempting a broader adoption, such as an organizational transformation or where the team is not yet empowered.

The key here is to establish a set of actionable measures to drive the change and inspire the teams. These should explicitly support the principles and values being promoted and challenge the teams to improve.

In this article we will look at one way to establish a measurement dashboard to support your agile transformation.